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Kremlin
FSB Investigates Illegal Sale of Aircraft to Ukraine and Other ‘Unfriendly States’
Russia targets employees of the Federal Air Transport Agency, who removed 59 aircraft from the state inventory and transferred them abroad, after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Feb. 12, 2024
Russia
Ukraine’s Security Service Detains 5 Former and Current Intelligence Officers Spying for Russia
Ukrainian intelligence said it “neutralized” a Russian spy network in Ukraine consisting of former and serving intelligence officers in different branches working under the same Russian agent.
Feb. 6, 2024
EU
EU and Latvia Launch Investigation Into Euro-Parliamentarian’s FSB Links
A weekend report by journalists from Latvia, Estonia and Sweden accused a Latvian member of the European Parliament of being a long-term Russian intelligence asset.
Jan. 31, 2024
Russia
FSB Arrests Two Russians for Collaborating with Ukraine
The FSB said on Friday it had arrested two men in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don on treason charges – crimes that carry up to 20 years in prison.
Jan. 26, 2024
Russia
Corpse Taken Out of Apartment of Poisoned Russian Propagandist – Ukrainian Intel
While not confirmed, an anonymously-run Russian Telegram channel claims the body was Alexei Chernykh's, an alleged friend and lover of poisoned Anton Kuznetsov, the former director of Russia Today.
Dec. 28, 2023
Russia
Prigozhin Killed by FSB Ex-Chief Nikolai Patrushev – Wall Street Journal
According to reports, Patrushev hatched a plan to assassinate Prigozhin with Putin’s consent, when Wagner’s failed coup proved a step too far.
Dec. 22, 2023
Odesa
Ukraine Sentences Russian Agent Caught Trying to Recruit Intel Worker
A Ukrainian citizen working for the FSB has been convicted of treason and sentenced to 15 years in prison. He had a long history of pro-Russian militancy.
Dec. 19, 2023
Russia
The FSB 2024 Calendar – Russian Propaganda at its Most Cringeworthy
A 2024 calendar published by the Kremlin’s security service to raise funds for its veterans gives an insight into the Russian psyche and has been met with anger and ridicule in equal measure.
Dec. 13, 2023
Kharkiv
‘A Badaboom Happened’ – SBU ‘Eliminates’ Ukrainian Turncoat in Russia’s Belgorod
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says it eliminated Oleksandr Slisarenko who had held a senior position within the occupation authorities in Kharkiv before fleeing to Belgorod in Russia.
Nov. 24, 2023
Zaporizhzhia
Ukrainian Sentenced to 18 Years Over ‘Bomb Plots’ in Occupied Melitopol
Russia’s Rostov-on-Don military court found a Ukrainian man guilty of acts of “international terrorism,” allegedly on behalf of Kyiv’s intelligence services in the occupied city of Melitopol.
Nov. 24, 2023
Partisans
FSB Officers ‘Poisoned by Partisans’ After Ordering Restaurant Takeaway
Another officer is reportedly the ICU after being poisoned last week in Melitopol. The city’s mayor-in-exile has given credit to Ukrainian partisans.
Nov. 22, 2023
Russia
Man, Who Used Daily Jogging to Spy on Ukrainian Military, Jailed
A 55-year-old western Ukrainian man has been imprisoned for conducting spying activities on behalf of Russian intelligence as he used “training” runs as cover.
Nov. 18, 2023
War in Ukraine
Russian Paranoia – Expands Search for Traitors Among Scientists and Academics
A review of open-source material shows that Russia is on course to imprison more individuals for treason and espionage in 2023 than it did in the whole of the past 20 years combined.
Nov. 17, 2023
Ukraine
Russian Volunteer Corps Fighting Against Kremlin Releases Video of Intelligence Officer Ambush
The RDK ambush video allegedly shows the killing of the FSB's Lieutenant Colonel Sergey Shaty, reportedly one of those in an SUV that was destroyed in Russia, near the Ukrainian border.
Nov. 12, 2023
Russia
Kyiv Confirms Assassination of FSB Lieutenant Colonel, RDK Fighters Promise to Release Video
A Lieutenant Colonel of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has been assassinated in the Bryansk region by members of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK), sources have told Kyiv Post.
Nov. 10, 2023
Armed Forces of Ukraine
FSB Agent Infiltrates Zaporizhzhia OVA to Spy for Russian Military Intelligence
A Russian agent attempted to clandestinely acquire classified information concerning the deployment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and defense procurements in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Nov. 3, 2023